We have recently witnessed an increase in electric cars around the globe . The change may not be quite visible in India but in developed economies , this change is very significant . For instance , in America the average sales of electric car went up by 25 percent in year 2018.
Still with so much coverage given to electric cars , automobile giants are up to research on some thing else... guess what ! fuel cell cars . Yes the same fuel cell which we studied in high school, the cell which used to use hydrogen as a source of energy and release steam as output. Isn't it fascinating.
Recently Toyota and Nissan have launched their FCV(Fuel Cell Vehicle) in the market and the Japanese Government is planning to build robust infrastructure for hydrogen stations across the country. This gives us an insight that we have two options to run our car from ? What are we gonna chose !!
The fuel Cell Vehicle uses hydrogen to run the car and since hydrogen is a very important industry gas , the logistics of hydrogen for fueling stations won't be an issue . It takes around 5 mins to charge a FCV which has a range of 500 KM whereas it takes 1-2 hrs to fully charge an electric vehicle for the same range.
London has as of right now 100 Fuel Cell Buses operating successfully in the city and they are planning to expand it also. Ford , Daimler, Renault are working together for developing a market friendly FCV.
But all is not so perfect about FCV . The storage of hydrogen in fueling stations is one of the biggest concern because we need to store it in highly pressurized environment..... but recently some Australian Scientist have claimed to solve this problem via transporting hydrogen along with some other liquid and then separating it at the site of fueling.
Our Indian Government is focusing on electric vehicles but I feel that Fuel Cell vehicles should also be looked upon , because hydrogen in its true value hold very high energy and if are able to harness it in running our vehicles , then it might be a historic moment in history.
PS-- ISRO and TATA has already developed a Fuel Cell Bus and it has been tested successful too. There is a plan of putting these buses in duty on the roads of Delhi by 2020 to reduce pollution ........
yeah Delhi might get humid a bit but its better than smoke!!
Still with so much coverage given to electric cars , automobile giants are up to research on some thing else... guess what ! fuel cell cars . Yes the same fuel cell which we studied in high school, the cell which used to use hydrogen as a source of energy and release steam as output. Isn't it fascinating.
Recently Toyota and Nissan have launched their FCV(Fuel Cell Vehicle) in the market and the Japanese Government is planning to build robust infrastructure for hydrogen stations across the country. This gives us an insight that we have two options to run our car from ? What are we gonna chose !!
The fuel Cell Vehicle uses hydrogen to run the car and since hydrogen is a very important industry gas , the logistics of hydrogen for fueling stations won't be an issue . It takes around 5 mins to charge a FCV which has a range of 500 KM whereas it takes 1-2 hrs to fully charge an electric vehicle for the same range.
London has as of right now 100 Fuel Cell Buses operating successfully in the city and they are planning to expand it also. Ford , Daimler, Renault are working together for developing a market friendly FCV.
But all is not so perfect about FCV . The storage of hydrogen in fueling stations is one of the biggest concern because we need to store it in highly pressurized environment..... but recently some Australian Scientist have claimed to solve this problem via transporting hydrogen along with some other liquid and then separating it at the site of fueling.
Our Indian Government is focusing on electric vehicles but I feel that Fuel Cell vehicles should also be looked upon , because hydrogen in its true value hold very high energy and if are able to harness it in running our vehicles , then it might be a historic moment in history.
PS-- ISRO and TATA has already developed a Fuel Cell Bus and it has been tested successful too. There is a plan of putting these buses in duty on the roads of Delhi by 2020 to reduce pollution ........
yeah Delhi might get humid a bit but its better than smoke!!
Captivating read indeed , Aryan !!
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